Covid Brings About Massive CTeen Expansion

This article was commissioned by CTeen International and published on Anash.org As organizations and businesses around the world were shutting their doors, CTeen International has added thirty new chapters to its network, to help give young Jewish teens focus and purpose during trying times. Ashira Weiss Over the last six months, as cities and countries...

Bikur Cholim Launches “Good Morning” Project

Article was written for Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights In honor of Rosh Chodesh Kislev, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights has announced a new project to address seniors and vulnerable adults living alone. Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the day the Rebbe recovered after a serious heart attack in 1977 is...

Bissli, Bamba and Bolognese Warm a Mother’s Heart

Written for Lubavitch.com Ayelet Mamo Shay was feeling helpless. The Israeli businesswoman and author who lives in Gibraltar got word that her son, a university student in London, was required to quarantine for 14 days.  “A student who lives on the same floor as he does, tested positive for coronavirus and so my son was told...

Ancient Scroll Sparks New Journey For Iranian Teen

Written for Lubavitch.com Sam Talati sat in his room two weeks ago, browsing social media. An Iranian immigrant to Canada, the 19-year-old saw posts about the upcoming Simchat Torah holiday and learned of its significance in celebrating the Torah. “Looking at all these posts made my heart beat faster as I realized that although most...

Lag B’Omer Innovation Under Lockdown

Written for Lubavitch.com. On Monday evening at 18:00 sharp, 45,000 individuals tuned into the livestream at 18for18.com.au. Narrated and presented by children and individuals from Jewish communities across Australia and New Zealand, the event sought to bring together 18,000 Jewish Australians for 18 minutes of Jewish unity just as (on the 18th day of Iyar)...

Adopted at Age 91, A Holocaust Survivor Finds Love and Hope

Written for Lubavitch.com Patty Picarelli wasn’t very hopeful as she dialed the number for the Chabad Jewish Center of Barrie, Ontario, fifty miles north of Toronto. The single mom of three had already reached out to thirty-four welfare organizations, governmental and private, Jewish and non-Jewish, both in Barrie and Toronto. None of them had been...